Is it correct to use the noble verse "A multitude from the former peoples and a few from the later peoples" and the noble prophetic hadiths that speak of the division of the Ummah, the descent of Jesus, and the appearance of the Mahdi, as evidence that "the multitude" are the Companions and the early generations, and that "the few" are those who will gather under one imam at the end of time, and that it is obligatory for Muslims to gather under one imam?

Engaging in the interpretation of the Holy Quran without knowledge is forbidden, and it is among the destructive sins that necessitate entry into Hellfire, because its speaker undertakes what he has no knowledge of. Scholars have differed regarding the meaning of "the former peoples" and "the latter peoples" in His (Allah's) saying: "A large company from the former peoples, And a few from the latter peoples." [Al-Waqi'ah: 13-14]. Some of them believe that "the former peoples" refers to past nations, and "the latter peoples" refers to the nation of Muhammad, peace be upon him, and that the foremost among past nations are more numerous than those of this nation. Whereas the People of the Right Hand from the nation of Muhammad, peace be upon him, it is possible that they are more numerous than the People of the Right Hand from all nations. What you have claimed, that the Mahdi will come at the end of time, and that those with him are those whom Allah referred to as "And a few from the latter peoples," has no basis.